Ararahih'urípih
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áhoo to go, walk, travel, arrive (here)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #205 | revised Nov 07 2014

áhoo • V • to go, walk, travel, arrive (here)

Derivatives (9)
ahóokir "to go by way of (a place)"
ahóokir "sidewalk"
áhoosav "to pass by"
asóokir "flume"
avkam'ahóovaan "senior priestess in the world-renewal ceremonies at Katimin and Orleans (Kroeber & Gifford, p. 7)"
ifuth'ahóovaan "junior priestess, who walks behind in ceremony (Kroeber & Gifford pp. 26 ff., pp. 50 ff.)"
ípahoo "to go back"
páy_nanu'ávahkam_áhootihanik "moon"
ukraman'áhoo "man's name, Sandy Bar Jim"

Source: WB 41, p.315

  • pachími upvâarameesh, kachakâachich xás vaa upikífkirur, kun'áhoovishik áxak pa'êemsha. When (Bluejay) was about to go home, Chipmunk sent word by her that two doctors must come. [Reference: Chipmunk & Hummingbird 010]
  • mâa ôok tani'áhoo. Here I come. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 368]

Sentence examples (71)

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  1. ee   ishávaas   ôok   tá   ni-'áhoo  
    oh!   child.of.deceased.sibling   here   PERF   1s(>3)-go  
    "Ee, nephew, I have come.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. naa   káru   ni-'áhoo-vish  
    1sg.   also   1s(>3)-go-FUT  
    I'm going to walk.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  3. ta   ni-'áhoo  
    PERF   1s(>3)-go  
    I'm walking.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (CT-01) | read full text
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  4. kári   xás   t-u-'áhoo  
    then   then   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    He came.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  5. xás   axmáy   Daisy   u-'áhoo  
    then   suddenly   Daisy   3s(>3)-go  
    And suddenly Daisy came [and said,]
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. kári   xas   yiimúsich   t-u-'áhoo  
    then   then   little.ways.off   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    Then he went a short way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  7. náa   tá   ni-'ahoo  
    1sg.   PERF   1s(>3)-go  
    I am going to travel."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  8. kári   xas   achvúun   u-'áhoo-nik  
    then   then   hookbill.salmon   3s(>3)-go-ANC  
    Then Hookbill traveled.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  9. xás   vúra   v-oo-'áhoo-tih  
    then   Intensive   so-3s(>3)-go-DUR  
    He was walking along.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  10. káruma   v-oo-kúpi-ti   p-oo-'áhoo-tih  
    in.fact   so-3s(>3)-do-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go-DUR  
    He was walking, that was what he was doing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  11. kúkuum   u-'áhoo  
    again   3s(>3)-go  
    She came over again.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  12. pa-ni-'áhoo-tih   uum   kúnish   ni-máh-at   pa-púufich   pay'ôok   ú-kriiv-tih  
    NOMZ-1s(>3)-go-DUR   3.SG   sort.of   1s(>3)-see-DUR   the-deer   right.here   3s(>3)-live-DUR  
    When I was walking, I saw where the deer lives.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  13. pa-ni-'áhoo-tih   pay'ôok   ni-mah-at   pa-púufich   ú-kviit-hi-tih  
    NOMZ-1s(>3)-go-DUR   right.here   1s(>3)-see-DUR   the-deer   3s(>3)-sleep-DUR  
    When I was walking, I saw where the deer was sleeping
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  14. pa-ni-'áhoo-tih   pa-púufich   uum   pa-mu-'asím-naam   tá   ni-mah  
    NOMZ-1s(>3)-go-DUR   the-deer   3.SG   the-3sPOSS-go.to.bed-place   PERF   1s(>3)-see  
    When I was walking, I saw the deer's bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  15. ni-'áhoo-tih  
    1s(>3)-go-DUR  
    I am walking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  16. páykuuk   mu-krívraam   tá   ni-'áhoo  
    over.there   3sPOSS-house   PERF   1s(>3)-go  
    I am walking to his house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  17. chak'îimich   pa-púufich   t-u-'áhoo  
    slowly   the-deer   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    The deer is walking slow.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
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  18. Avansáxiich   u-'áhoo-ti   káru   pa-chíshiih  
    boy   3s(>3)-go-DUR   also   the-dog  
    The boy is walking, and the dog too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  19. Váa   káan   kun-'áhoo-ti-heen  
    so   there   3pl(>3s)-go-DUR-ANT  
    They were walking there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  20. Káan   pa-kun-'áhoo-tih  
    there   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-go-DUR  
    There, where they were walking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  21. ni-'áhoo-vish  
    1s(>3)-go-FUT  
    I am coming.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20c) | read full text
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  22. akâay   t-u-'áhoo  
    who   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    Who is arriving?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  23. xás   vúra   vaa   máruk   u-'áhoo  
    then   Intensive   that   uphill   3s(>3)-go  
    And then he went all the way back up.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  24. You know   xás   vaa   ip   máath   p-oo-'áhoo  
    You know   then   that   PAST   heavy   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go  
    You know, it was heavy to carry.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  25. íim   káru   p-ee-'áhoo-ti   vúrava   kúnish   furáthfip  
    2sg.   also   NOMZ-2s(>3)-go-DUR   just   sort.of   be.nervous  
    When you arrived it seemed like you were cranky.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  26. pa-niní-pshiih   áthiik   t-u-'ív-ahaak   vaa   kári   vúra   pu-na-'áhoo-tih-ara  
    the-1sPOSS-leg   cold   PERF-3s(>3)-die-when   so   then   Intensive   NEG-1s(>3)-go-DUR-NEG  
    When my legs get cold, then I can’t walk.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  27. chavúra   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'áhoo  
    finally   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    Finally he walked a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  28. vúra   vaa   u-'áhoo-tih  
    Intensive   so   3s(>3)-go-DUR  
    He was traveling like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  29. xás   chavúra   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'áhoo  
    then   finally   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    And finally he traveled a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  30. kári   xás   púyava   chavúra   yíiv   t-u-'áhoo  
    then   then   you.see   finally   far   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    And so finally he traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  31. vúra   vaa   u-'áhoo-tih   vúra   tá   yíiv   káruk  
    Intensive   so   3s(>3)-go-DUR   Intensive   PERF   far   upriver  
    He was walking that way, a long ways upriver by this time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  32. kári   xás   ee   vúra   vaa   u-'áhoo-tih   vúra   tá   kâarim  
    then   then   oh!   Intensive   so   3s(>3)-go-DUR   Intensive   PERF   bad  
    And oh! he was walking that way, he was really bad off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  33. kári   xás   yánava   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'áhoo  
    then   then   visible   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    He saw he was a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  34. kári   xás   u-píip   yéehe   pihnêefich   t-u-'áhoo-heen  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   interjection   coyote   PERF-3s(>3)-go-ANT  
    And he said, "Hey, Coyote has come."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  35. kári   xás   u-píip   yéehe   pihnêefich   t-u-'áhoo-heen  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   interjection   coyote   PERF-3s(>3)-go-ANT  
    And (each) said, "Hey, Coyote has come.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  36. u-thítiim-ti   pa-kun-ípeen-ti   t-u-'áhoo-heen  
    3s(>3)-hear-DUR   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   PERF-3s(>3)-go-ANT  
    He heard them telling (each other), "He has come."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  37. yeee   káruma   íp   ní-p-aat   t-u-'áhoo-heen   pihnêefich  
    well   in.fact   PAST   1s(>3)-say-PAST   PERF-3s(>3)-go-ANT   coyote  
    Well! I said Coyote had come!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  38. kári   xás   ta'ítam   u-'áhoo-heen  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-go-ANT  
    And then he traveled (on).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  39. xás   vúra   xára   u-'áhoo  
    then   Intensive   long.time   3s(>3)-go  
    And he traveled a long time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  40. xás   vaa   vúra   u-'áhoo-tih  
    then   so   Intensive   3s(>3)-go-DUR  
    But he just kept traveling.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  41. xás   vúra   tá   pu-'áhoo-tih-ara   vúra   t-óo   kfuuk-tih  
    then   Intensive   PERF   NEG-go-DUR-NEG   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   climb-DUR  
    And he wasn't walking any more, he was creeping by now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  42. kári   xás   vúra   vaa   u-'áhoo   pihnêefich  
    then   then   Intensive   so   3s(>3)-go   coyote  
    And so Coyote traveled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  43. púyava   kári   xás   u-'áhoo  
    you.see   then   then   3s(>3)-go  
    So he traveled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  44. vúra   yíiv   t-u-'áhoo  
    Intensive   far   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    He traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  45. vúra   vaa   u-'áhoo-tih  
    Intensive   so   3s(>3)-go-DUR  
    He was traveling like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  46. uum   káru   u-pakurîihvu-ti   p-oo-'áhoo-tih   haninuvêe   naa hanuvêe naa  
    3.SG   also   3s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go-DUR   haninuvêe   naa hanuvêe naa  
    He was singing too as he traveled, "haninuvêe naa hanuvêe naa."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  47. kári   xás   pihnêefich   u-'áhoo-tih   u-pakurîihvu-tih  
    then   then   coyote   3s(>3)-go-DUR   3s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR  
    So Coyote was traveling, he was singing.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  48. xánahich-vari   axmáy   u-'áhoo   pihnêefich  
    after.while-toward   suddenly   3s(>3)-go   coyote  
    In a little while, suddenly Coyote came.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Gambling Song" (WB_KL-13) | read full text
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  49. kári   xás   vaa   u-kupí-ti   payêem   tá   pu-'áhoo-tih-ara   pa-tur  
    then   then   so   3s(>3)-do-DUR   now   PERF   NEG-go-DUR-NEG   the-packbasket.load  
    So now she does that, the basket-load doesn't walk anymore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  50. kúna   vúra   páykuuk   yíiv   áhoo-n   payôok   xáyfaat   i-'áhoo   p-eempahee-pshûunkinich   kâarim   i-kupheesh  
    in.addition   Intensive   over.there   far   go-go.to   right.here   don't!   2s(>3)-go   the-trail-low   bad   2s(>3)-will.do  
    But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  51. xás   u-pí-ti   tá   na-'ûuri   páykuuk   pa-ni-'ahoo-n-kôo-ti   yiiv  
    then   3s(>3)-say-DUR   PERF   1s-be.unwilling   over.there   NOMZ-1s(>3)-go-go.to-to-DUR   far  
    And she said, "I'm tired of going by the far way yonder."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  52. yánava   káan   áraar   u-'áhoo-tih   ikrívraam   u-'iithvú-tih  
    visible   there   human   3s(>3)-go-DUR   house   3s(>3)-pack-DUR  
    She saw a person travelling there, he was carrying a house.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  53. axmáy   kun-'áhoo   pa-'avansáxiich  
    suddenly   3pl(>3s)-go   the-boy  
    Suddenly the boys came.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  54. t-u-'áhoo  
    PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    She came.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  55. yanav-éek-va   t-u-'áhoo-heen   apsunmúnukich  
    one-must-so   PERF-3s(>3)-go-ANT   racer.snake  
    She saw Racer coming.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  56. vúra   vaa   u-'áhoo-tih  
    Intensive   so   3s(>3)-go-DUR  
    He was traveling like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  57. naa   ni-'áhoo-tih  
    1sg.   1s(>3)-go-DUR  
    I'm traveling."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  58. ta'ítam   u-'áhoo-heen  
    so   3s(>3)-go-ANT  
    Then he traveled.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  59. kári   kúkuum   tá   kun-'áhoo  
    then   again   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go  
    Then they would travel again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  60. vúrava   kun-'áhoo-tih  
    just   3pl(>3s)-go-DUR  
    They were walking that way.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  61. kári   xás   kun-'áhoo   vúra   uum   taay   súpaa   pa-kun-'áhoo  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-go   Intensive   3.SG   much   day   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-go  
    And they traveled, it was many days that they traveled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  62. kári   xás   hâari   vúra   pirísh-riik   pa-tá   kun-'áhoo   pa-mukun-yáfus   t-u-tatitítit  
    then   then   sometime   Intensive   plant-place   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-go   the-3plPOSS-dress   PERF-3s(>3)-be.tattered  
    And sometimes it was a brushy place where they traveled, their dresses got torn.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  63. fâat   kumá'ii   pa-'ôok   t-i-'áhoo  
    what   because.of   NOMZ-here   PERF-2s(>3)-go  
    Why is it that you have come here?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  64. ôok   uum   pu-'áhoo-tih-ara   pa-'ípi-hi-tih-an  
    here   3.SG   NEG-go-DUR-NEG   the-bone-DENOM-DUR-Participial  
    People with bones (i.e., live people) don't come here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  65. kári   xás   ú-skaakrishuk   xás   ú-kfuukiraa   p-oo-'áhoo  
    then   then   3s(>3)-jump.out   then   3s(>3)-grab   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go  
    So he jumped out, and he grabbed at her as she walked.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  66. xás   vaa   káan   kun-'áhoo-ti   pa-'îikam   tá   kun-vôonupuk-ahaak  
    then   so   there   3pl(>3s)-go-DUR   NOMZ-outdoors   PERF   3pl(>3s)-leave.house-when  
    And they walked on that when they went outside.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  67. xás   yáas   ôok   kun-'áhoo-t  
    then   then   here   3pl(>3s)-go-PAST  
    Then they came here.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

  68. xás   avansáxiich   uum   u-'áhoo-tih   pa-'ipaha-súruk   kúnish   t-u-'uum  
    then   boy   3.SG   3s(>3)-go-DUR   the-tree-under   sort.of   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    A boy is walking in front, he is sort of going under the tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  69. kúkuum   vúra   u-'áhoo  
    again   Intensive   3s(>3)-go  
    Then he was walking again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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